The business meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of the business meeting is to consider pending legislation listed in the agenda below.

The business meeting will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the business meeting concludes.

Amendments agreed to en bloc by voice vote:

• Amdt #1 to agenda item #3, as modified (FLO24779)
• Amdt #2 to agenda item #5 (FLO24649)
• Amdt #3 to agenda item #6 (ELT24285)
• Amdt #4 to agenda item #7, as modified (FLO24827)
• Amdt #5 to agenda item #8 (RYA24540)
• Amdt #6 to agenda item #9 (RYA24537)
• Amdt #7 to agenda item #12 (FLO24737)
• Amdt #11 to agenda item #13 (FLO24597)
• Amdt #12 to agenda item #13 (FLO24732)
• Amdt #13 to agenda item #15 (FLO24755)
• Amdt #15 to agenda item #16 (FLO24638)
• Amdt #16 to agenda item #18 (FLO24704)
• Amdt #17 to agenda item #19, as modified (FLO24825)
• Amdt #18 to agenda item #21, as modified (RYA24592)
• Amdt #19 to agenda item #22 (FLO24677)
• Amdt #20 to agenda item #23 (FLO24769)
• Amdt #21 to agenda item #24 (FLO24744)
• Amdt #22 to agenda item #25 (FLO24729)
• Amdt #23 to agenda item #26 (FLO24536)
• Amdt #24 to agenda item #26 (FLO24537)
• Amdt #25 to agenda item #27 (FLO24705)
• Amdt #26 to agenda item #29 (FLO24706)
• Amdt #27 to agenda item #31, as modified (FLO24864)
• Amdt #28 to agenda item #33 (KAT24652)
• Amdt #29 to agenda item #34 (ROS24F44)
• Amdt #30 to agenda item #37 (FLO24685)
• Amdt #31 to agenda item #38 (FLO24775)
• Amdt #34 to agenda item #39 (FLO24743)
• Amdt #35 to agenda item #41, as modified (FLO24780)
• Amdt #37 to agenda item #43, as modified (FLO24862)
• Amdt #38 to agenda item #44 (FLO24730)
• Amdt #39 to agenda item #45 (FLO24708)
• Amdt #40 to agenda item #45 (FLO24709)
• Amdt #41 to agenda item #47 (FLO24655)
• Amdt #42 to agenda item #48 (FLO24678)
• Amdt #43 to agenda item #50 (FLO24714)
• Amdt #44 to agenda item #51, as modified (RYA24596)
• Amdt #45 to agenda item #53 (NEW24792)
• Amdt #46 to agenda item #54, as modified (FLO24776)
• Amdt #47 to agenda item #55, as modified (FLO24850)
• Amdt #48 to agenda item #56, as modified (FLO24863)
• Amdt #49 to agenda item #59 (ELT24278)
• Amdt #53 to agenda item #61 (ELT24331)
• Amdt #55 to agenda item #65 (FLO24748)
• Amdt #56 to agenda item #66, as modified (FLO24849)
• Amdt #57 to agenda item #67 (FLO24697)
• Amdt #58 to agenda item #67 (FLO24767)
• Amdt #59 to agenda item #70 (FLO24680)
• Amdt #60 to agenda item #71 (FLO24692)
• Amdt #62 to agenda item #73, as modified (FLO24845)
• Amdt #63 to agenda item #75 (FLO24770)
• Amdt #66 to agenda item #35 (FLO24876) 

Agenda items agreed to en bloc by voice vote: 

Agenda Item 1:  S. 254, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and for other purposes. (Mr. Bennet).

Agenda Item 2:  S. 373, a bill to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes. (Mr. Whitehouse).

Agenda Item 3:  S. 482, a bill to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for other purposes (Mr. Wyden), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-1, as modified (FLO24779)).

Agenda Item 4:  S. 620, a bill to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).

Agenda Item 5:  S. 739, a bill to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes (Mr. Kelly), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-2 (FLO24649)).

Agenda Item 6:  S. 914, a bill to establish an energy threat analysis center in the Department of Energy (Mr. Risch), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Risch-Manchin-3 (ELT24285)).

Agenda Item 7:  S. 1553, a bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, and for other purposes (Mr. Barrasso), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-4, as modified (FLO24827)).  

Agenda Item 8:  S. 1764, a bill to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes (Ms. Cortez Masto), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-5 (RYA24540)).

Agenda Item 9:  S. 2132, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand density index, and for other purposes (Mr. Lee), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Lee-6 (RYA24537)).

Agenda Item 10:  S. 2151, a bill to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act. (Mr. Lee).

Agenda Item 11:  S. 2156, a bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado. (Mr. Bennet).

Agenda Item 12:  S. 2160, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern (Mr. Risch), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-7 (FLO24737)).

Agenda Item 13:  S. 2169, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, and for other purposes  (Mr. Wyden), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Wyden-12 (FLO24732)) and an amendment to the title (Wyden-11 (FLO24597)).

Agenda Item 15:  S. 2620, a bill to establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes (Mr. Van Hollen), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-13 (FLO24755)).

Agenda Item 16:  S. 2742, a bill to establish the Fort Ontario National Monument in the State of New York as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes (Mrs. Gillibrand), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-15 (FLO24638)).

Agenda Item 17:  S. 2743, a bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to designate as a component of the National Heritage Area System the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and for other purposes. (Mrs. Gillibrand).

Agenda Item 18:  S. 2784, a bill to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to adjust the boundary of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other purposes (Mr. Brown), with an amendment (Joint Staff-16 (FLO24704)).

Agenda Item 19:  S. 2867, a bill to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes (Mr. Barrasso), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Barrasso-17, as modified (FLO24825)).

Agenda Item 20:  S. 2927, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lujan).

Agenda Item 21:  S. 2991, a bill to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes (Mr. Manchin), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-18, as modified (RYA24592)).

Agenda Item 22:  S. 3123, a bill to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways among Federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes (Mr. Barrasso), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Barrasso-19 (FLO24677)).

Agenda Item 23:  S. 3195, a bill to designate the General George C. Marshall House, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes (Mr. Kaine), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-20 (FLO24769)).

Agenda Item 24:  S. 3241, a bill to establish the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians and Jefferson College as affiliated areas of the Natchez Historical Park, and for other purposes (Mrs. Hyde-Smith), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-21 (FLO24744)).

Agenda Item 26:  S. 3474, a bill to redesignate the Hulls Cove Visitor Center at Acadia National Park as the “George J. Mitchell, Jr., Visitor Center” (Mr. King), with amendments (King-23 (FLO24536)) and an amendment to the title (King-24 (FLO24537)).

Agenda Item 27:  S. 3534, a bill to authorize the Pines Foundation to establish the Fire Island AIDS Memorial, and for other purposes (Mrs. Gillibrand), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-25 (FLO24705)).

Agenda Item 28:  S. 3542, a bill to amend the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Act to modify the boundary of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. (Mr. Cassidy).

Agenda Item 29:  S. 3543, a bill to establish the Historic Greenwood District—Black Wall Street National Monument in the State of Oklahoma, and for other purposes (Mr. Lankford), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-26 (FLO24706)).

Agenda Item 30:  S. 3544, a bill to designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the “Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center”. (Mr. Cardin).

Agenda Item 32:  S. 3596, a bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite. (Mr. Lee).

Agenda Item 33:  S. 3617, a bill to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes (Ms. Murkowski), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Murkowski-28 (KAT24652)). 

Agenda Item 34:  S. 3631, a bill to require reports on critical mineral and rare earth element resources around the world and a strategy for the development of advanced mining, refining, separation, and processing technologies (Mr. Cornyn), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (King-29 (ROS24F44)).

Agenda Items 35: S. 3790, a bill to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes (Mr. Sullivan), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Murkowski- 66 (FLO24876)).

Agenda Item 36:  S. 3985, a bill to a bill to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for other purposes. (Mr. Hickenlooper).

Agenda Item 37:  S. 4016, a bill to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for other purposes (Ms. Sinema), with an amendment (Joint Staff-30 (FLO24685)).

Agenda Item 38:  S. 4129, a bill to contribute funds and artifacts to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-31 (FLO24775)).

Agenda Item 39:  S. 4164, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Cahokia Mounds and surrounding land in the States of Illinois and Missouri, and for other purposes (Mr. Durbin), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-34 (FLO24743)).

Agenda Item 40:  S. 4209, a bill to provide greater regional access to the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (Mr. King).

Agenda Item 41:  S. 4216, a bill to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes (Mr. Ossoff), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-35, as modified (FLO24780)).

Agenda Item 42:  S. 4218, a bill to designate the visitor center for the First State National Historical Park to be located at the Sheriff's House in New Castle, Delaware, as the “Thomas R. Carper Visitor Center”. (Mr. Coons).

Agenda Item 43:  S. 4222, a bill to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve in the State of California to include the land within the Castle Mountains National Monument (Mr. Padilla), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-37, as modified (FLO24862)). 

Agenda Item 44:  S. 4227, a bill to amend the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to expand the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park (Mr. Padilla), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-38 (FLO24730)).

Agenda Item 45:  S. 4228, a bill to redesignate the Cottonwood Visitor Center at Joshua Tree National Park as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Visitor Center” (Mr. Padilla), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-39 (FLO24708)) and an amendment to the title (Joint Staff-40 (FLO24709)).

Agenda Item 46:  S. 4242, a bill to extend the authorization of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes. (Mr. Hickenlooper).

Agenda Item 47:  S. 4245, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs, and for other purposes (Ms. Lummis), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-41 (FLO24655)).

Agenda Item 48:  S. 4259, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land as the Lahaina National Heritage Area, and for other purposes (Ms. Hirono), with amendments (Joint Staff-42 (FLO24678)).

Agenda Item 50:  S. 4347, a bill to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land at Swanson Reservoir and Hugh Butler Reservoir in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes (Mrs. Fischer), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-43 (FLO24714)).

Agenda Item 51:  S. 4424, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the long-standing use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes (Mr. Wyden), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-44, as modified (RYA24596)).

Agenda Item 54:  S. 4451, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation systems for Federal land (Mr. Padilla), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-46, as modified (FLO24776).

Agenda Item 55:  S. 4454, a bill to provide for the establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes (Mr. Barrasso), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-47, as modified (FLO24850)).

Agenda Item 57:  S. 4576, a bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program. (Mr. Hickenlooper).

Agenda Item 58:  S. 4607, a bill to designate the America’s National Churchill Museum National Historic Landmark, and for other purposes. (Mr. Hawley).

Agenda Item 59:  S. 4664, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to promote the use of artificial intelligence to support the missions of the Department of Energy, and for other purposes (Mr. Manchin), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-Murkowski-49 (ELT24278)).

Agenda Item 60:  S. 4851, a bill to adjust the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to include the Scarper Ridge property. (Mr. Padilla).

Agenda Item 61:  S. 4932, a bill to amend the National Quantum Initiative Act to provide for a research, development, and demonstration program, and for other purposes (Mr. Durbin), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Daines-Manchin-53, as modified (ELT24331)).

Agenda Item 62:  S. 4936, a bill to require a study relating to the Minidoka National Historic Site. (Mr. Risch).

Agenda Item 63:  S. 4974, a bill to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).

Agenda Item 64:  S. 4994, a bill to modify the boundary of the Vicksburg National Military Park in the State of Mississippi, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wicker).

Agenda Item 65:  S. 4996, a bill to amend Public Law 89–108 to modify the authorization of appropriations for State and Tribal, municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies, and for other purposes (Mr. Hoeven), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-55 (FLO24748)).

Agenda Item 66:  S. 4999, a bill to amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes (Mr. Risch), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Joint Staff-56, as modified (FLO24849)).

Agenda Item 67:  S. 5000, a bill to prohibit the use of amounts from the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund to implement a certain record of decision, and for other purposes (Mr. Lee), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Lee-58 (FLO24767)) and an amendment to the title (Lee-57 (FLO24697)).

Agenda Item 68:  S. 5005, a bill to authorize additional funding for the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act. (Mr. Padilla).

Agenda Item 69:  S. 5011, a bill to establish the Integrated Water Management Federal Leadership Committee, to provide for improved drought resilience and dam safety, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).  

Agenda Item 70:  S. 5012, a bill to establish an interest-bearing account for the non-Federal contributions to the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and for other purposes (Mr. Padilla), with an amendment (Padilla-59 (FLO24680)).

Agenda Item 71:  S. 5013, a bill to make certain modifications to the cost share for the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of Colorado (Mr. Bennet), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-60 (FLO24692)).

Agenda Item 73:  S. 5125, a bill to provide for certain improvements to the housing and workforce programs of Federal land management agencies, and for other purposes (Mr. Barrasso), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Barrasso-62, as modified (FLO24845)).

Agenda Item 74:  S. 5136, a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of Plum Island, New York.  (Mr. Blumenthal).

Agenda Item 75:  H.R. 359, an Act to establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes (Resident Commissioner González-Colón), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-63 (FLO24770)).

Agenda Item 76:  H.R. 3448, an Act to amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America’s battlefields. (Rep. Stefanik)

Agenda Item 78:  H.R. 5443, an Act to establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction, and for other purposes. (Rep. Lee).

Agenda Item 79:  H.R. 6062, an Act to restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in article IV, section 3, clause 2 of the United States Constitution. (Rep. Radewagen).

Agenda items agreed to by roll call vote: 

Agenda Item 25:  S. 3346, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes (Mr. Tester), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-22 (FLO24729)). 

• Agreed to by roll call vote (10-9) 

Agenda Item 31:  S. 3593, a bill to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, and for other purposes (Ms. Rosen), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-27, as modified (FLO24864)).

• Agreed to by roll call vote (10-9) 

Agenda Item 53:  S. 4432, a bill to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification (Mr. Daines), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Daines-45 (NEW24792)).

• Agreed to by roll call vote (12-7) 

Agenda Item 56:  S. 4457, a bill to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes (Ms. Cortez Masto), with an amendment in the nature of a substitute (Manchin-48, as modified (FLO24863)).

• Agreed to by roll call vote (13-6)

Agenda Item 77:  H.R. 4984, an Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to the District of Columbia so that the District may use the Campus for purposes including residential and commercial development, and for other purposes. (Rep. Comer).

• Agreed to by roll call vote (17-2)